k Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Potential redefinition of the address for document service and the assumption of attorney’s fees Introduction On 13 September 2016, the Supreme People’s Court of PRC published Several Opinions on Further Advancing...

Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Background The Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) is a treaty of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency tasked with maintaining a comprehensive framework of...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A contracting carrier and a shipping company were liable for damages that arose when 30 trailers were carried by sea on deck during stormy weather. The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court found that there were no grounds for...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An American freight forwarder must pay 160,000 USD in damages to a Danish shipping company after having rejected a contract at the last minute and at the same time hired another shipping company to conduct the carriage. The Danish...